"No, no, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Dr. Martin Luther King wrote these words in his, "I have a dream" speech and it is a fitting metaphor for this project. References to water are interspersed throughout historical, artistic and narrative reflections on the Civil Rights movement. Historian Taylor Branch's Pulitzer Prize winning work on America in the King years is entitled, Parting the Waters, and designer Maya Lin made creative use of water in her spectacular memorial to Civil Rights heroes at the Southern Poverty and Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama.
Now it is your turn to create of the parting of water in 2-3 minute Photostory film. This film that must have still photos and a musical soundtrack which answers the question which reflects your narrative of the Civil Rights Movement.
All elements used in the creation of this film must included in a citations sheet using MLA format. NoodleBib should be used to generate the citations. The citations should be incorporated to the image on your script or storyboard.
Process-TRIPVASE
Here is the form that you should follow in making a short film that will complete this assignment:
T- (Topic) Select a general topic
R- (Research) Dig for info about the topic including things you will cite
I- (Information) Gather and sort information and let a title emerge
P-(Plot) Plan the story you intend to tell by using the storyboard/script technique*
V-(Visual images) Select specific images that match the storyboard and sync them
A-(Assemble) Arrange the images, text, interview and narration segments into a rough, but coherent narrative
S-(Soundtrack) Select songs (or parts of songs) that will comprise the soundtrack
E-(Explain) It is incumbent on the filmmaker to explain the vision….you should produce a 1-2 page explanation for your own benefit, as well as having something to turn in
Topic - Searching for your story
Each partipant in the civil rights movementhas their own story. Where should you begin? Think broadly about the period; look at images from the various episodes of the Civil Rights movement; talk to your parents, uncles/aunts, neighbors, family friends and search for the essential question, the one that will set you on your journey to say something about Civil Rights. It will be different for each person………you have to search for your story.
Research - Dig for the Information
Here are some suggested resources to get you started:
Information - Gather and Sort your information and let a title emerge
Plot - Plan the story using the storyboard of scripting technique
Visual Images - Find the Images and videos that match the story
Google Images
When gathering images, it is important to check for copyright and fair use of the images. One of the first places that you will most likely take a look at is Google images (searched with the term Vietnam War). While that may be the most familiar, it does not mean that it is the best way to look for images, as you do not know what copyright or licensing issues you may be able to use.
There is a new type of rights reservation called Creative Commons. This is a newer way for users to distribute their work and to allow you to be able to use, modify, and mash up. There are four different kinds of Creative Commons licenses: Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.
No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
CONTEXT: The simple digital story that I am making in the screencast tutorials is about coming home from an stay of five years in the Southern United States. Being from Chicago, I missed many things that I took for granted. The story is in the format of the MasterCard priceless commercials. Tutorial 1 | Beginning the digital storytelling process, corresponds to pages 1-2 of the tutorial handout. Tutorial 2 | Removing black borders from images, corresponds to page 3 of the tutorial handout. Tutorial 3 | Adding text to a title slide or image, corresponds to page 4 of the tutorial handout. Tutorial 4 | Adding your voice narration. Tutorial 5 | Customizing motion with Pans Tutorial 6 | Customizing motion with Zooms Tutorial 7 | Fine tuning motion in your digital story Tutorial 8 | Adding transitions Tutorial 9 | Adding background music-mp3's Tutorial 10 | Adding background music-onboard music Tutorial 11 | Finishing Your Digital Story
Soundtrack - Select and prepare your music for your soundtrack
As with images, with music, you have to make sure that your use of music is proper. If you wish to commercially distribute your finished work, including to either Google Videos or to YouTube, you need to make sure that you have obtained the licensing of the music that you are going to use.
You may use up to 28 seconds of a commercially recorded song as a soundtrack without licensing. Ever wonder why iTunes and other music sites allow for a 29 second preview or why corporations have to pay artists for the rights to a soundtrack for a 30 second commercial? Just because you have seen other videos on Google and YouTube that include musical selections longer than 30 seconds does not mean that you can do it.
Royalty Free Music
As we have seen above, you can search the Creative Commons site for royalty free music (OWL). There are a few other sites which you can find royalty free music for your presentation:
Once you have selected your music, chances are you will need to trim your sound file to fit within the 3 minute maximum for the project. Or you may want to mash a variety of musical numbers to tell your story. The application that we are going to use to work with your soundtrack is called Audacity. It is a freeware audio editor which will work on many computer platforms. Listed below are tutorials on how to use Audacity to edit your soundtrack:
From our Atomic Learning subscription, a list of Audacity Tutorials : PC | Mac (Note: you will have to know the North Shore username and passord to access these. Forgot what it was? Email Mr. Vrotny, Mrs. Minnoch, or Mr. Randolph
If you want to choose a song from your iTunes library, you have a bit of a problem which can be solved before you can use the track. You will first need to convert the file format into something that Audacity, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker,PhotoStory or Pinnacle Studio can use.
When you rip a song into iTunes, it does it in an mp4 format. Once you have found a file, you will need to convert it to either an mp3 or a wav file. I have found a converter which has worked well for me from Xilisoft, their WMA MP3 Converter. You can download a free trial, which will limit you to converting 5 files in one session, but that should not be a problem for this project. It is a nifty piece of software which is reasonably priced ($19 per copy). They also make other converters for video files as well.
Explain
Included in the assignment is a 1-2 page explanation of the film.
Table of Contents
Parting of the Waters
US History Project
North Shore Country Day SchoolWinnetka, Illinois US
Kevin Randolph (krandolph@nscds.org)
Vinnie Vrotny (vrotny@nscds.org)
Photos:
Civil Rights Memorial (http://flickr.com/photos/sunsurfr/309871116/)
Civil Rights Memorial Fountain (http://flickr.com/photos/52595331@N00/360628592/)=
Overview
"No, no, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Dr. Martin Luther King wrote these words in his, "I have a dream" speech and it is a fitting metaphor for this project. References to water are interspersed throughout historical, artistic and narrative reflections on the Civil Rights movement. Historian Taylor Branch's Pulitzer Prize winning work on America in the King years is entitled, Parting the Waters, and designer Maya Lin made creative use of water in her spectacular memorial to Civil Rights heroes at the Southern Poverty and Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama.
Vietnam - Final Projects
Assignment
Now it is your turn to create of the parting of water in 2-3 minute Photostory film. This film that must have still photos and a musical soundtrack which answers the question which reflects your narrative of the Civil Rights Movement.All elements used in the creation of this film must included in a citations sheet using MLA format. NoodleBib should be used to generate the citations. The citations should be incorporated to the image on your script or storyboard.
Process-TRIPVASE
Here is the form that you should follow in making a short film that will complete this assignment:T- (Topic) Select a general topic
R- (Research) Dig for info about the topic including things you will cite
I- (Information) Gather and sort information and let a title emerge
P-(Plot) Plan the story you intend to tell by using the storyboard/script technique*
V-(Visual images) Select specific images that match the storyboard and sync them
A-(Assemble) Arrange the images, text, interview and narration segments into a rough, but coherent narrative
S-(Soundtrack) Select songs (or parts of songs) that will comprise the soundtrack
E-(Explain) It is incumbent on the filmmaker to explain the vision….you should produce a 1-2 page explanation for your own benefit, as well as having something to turn in
Topic - Searching for your story
Each partipant in the civil rights movementhas their own story. Where should you begin? Think broadly about the period; look at images from the various episodes of the Civil Rights movement; talk to your parents, uncles/aunts, neighbors, family friends and search for the essential question, the one that will set you on your journey to say something about Civil Rights. It will be different for each person………you have to search for your story.Research - Dig for the Information
Here are some suggested resources to get you started:Powerful Days in Black and White - Kodak Web Site
Birmingham News Special Report - Unseen. Unforgotten
Eyes on the Prize Web Site
Civil RIghts Museum Web Site
Civil Rights Memorial Web Site
I Have a Dream Speech - text
I Have a Dream Speech - audio and video
**Civil Rights Documentation Project**
**Civil Rights in Mississippi: Digital Archive**
Information - Gather and Sort your information and let a title emerge
Plot - Plan the story using the storyboard of scripting technique
Visual Images - Find the Images and videos that match the story
Google Images
When gathering images, it is important to check for copyright and fair use of the images. One of the first places that you will most likely take a look at is Google images (searched with the term Vietnam War). While that may be the most familiar, it does not mean that it is the best way to look for images, as you do not know what copyright or licensing issues you may be able to use.Searching Google images with the keywords Civil Rights
Creative Commons
There is a new type of rights reservation called Creative Commons. This is a newer way for users to distribute their work and to allow you to be able to use, modify, and mash up. There are four different kinds of Creative Commons licenses:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
Creative Commons search for Google Pages, Yahoo Pages and Images, Flickr (images), BlipTV (video), and Music
United Streaming
<<information about how to search for images coming to a wiki near you soon>><<information about how to search, download, and clip media coming to a wiki near you soon>>
Assemble - Arrange the images, text, interview, and narration segments into a rough, but coherent narrative
These tutorials and handout is available courtesy of David Jakes (www.jakesonline.org)
Paper Tutorial - How to Use PhotoStory
A Collection of Blank Slides to use for Titles
Flash Tutorials
CONTEXT: The simple digital story that I am making in the screencast tutorials is about coming home from an stay of five years in the Southern United States. Being from Chicago, I missed many things that I took for granted. The story is in the format of the MasterCard priceless commercials.
Tutorial 1 | Beginning the digital storytelling process, corresponds to pages 1-2 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 2 | Removing black borders from images, corresponds to page 3 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 3 | Adding text to a title slide or image, corresponds to page 4 of the tutorial handout.
Tutorial 4 | Adding your voice narration.
Tutorial 5 | Customizing motion with Pans
Tutorial 6 | Customizing motion with Zooms
Tutorial 7 | Fine tuning motion in your digital story
Tutorial 8 | Adding transitions
Tutorial 9 | Adding background music-mp3's
Tutorial 10 | Adding background music-onboard music
Tutorial 11 | Finishing Your Digital Story
Soundtrack - Select and prepare your music for your soundtrack
As with images, with music, you have to make sure that your use of music is proper. If you wish to commercially distribute your finished work, including to either Google Videos or to YouTube, you need to make sure that you have obtained the licensing of the music that you are going to use.You may use up to 28 seconds of a commercially recorded song as a soundtrack without licensing. Ever wonder why iTunes and other music sites allow for a 29 second preview or why corporations have to pay artists for the rights to a soundtrack for a 30 second commercial? Just because you have seen other videos on Google and YouTube that include musical selections longer than 30 seconds does not mean that you can do it.
Royalty Free Music
As we have seen above, you can search the Creative Commons site for royalty free music (OWL). There are a few other sites which you can find royalty free music for your presentation:RoyaltyFreeMusic.com
FreePlayMusic.com
PodSafeAudio.com
Audio Editing
Once you have selected your music, chances are you will need to trim your sound file to fit within the 3 minute maximum for the project. Or you may want to mash a variety of musical numbers to tell your story. The application that we are going to use to work with your soundtrack is called Audacity. It is a freeware audio editor which will work on many computer platforms. Listed below are tutorials on how to use Audacity to edit your soundtrack:- From our Atomic Learning subscription, a list of Audacity Tutorials : PC | Mac (Note: you will have to know the North Shore username and passord to access these. Forgot what it was? Email Mr. Vrotny, Mrs. Minnoch, or Mr. Randolph
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Audacity 1.2 Tutorials - From the official Audacity user's manual.
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Audacity 1.2 Tutorial by Dan Eliot - Learn how to open and edit a WAV file, and save the result in an MP3.
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Audacity Tutorial by Daniel James - Shows how to mix a multi-track project. Includes sample sound files.
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The Audacity Book - An online book for new Audacity users. (This is an incomplete work in progress.)
- For those of you who would rather YouTube:
>Getting Music from your iPod
If you want to choose a song from your iTunes library, you have a bit of a problem which can be solved before you can use the track. You will first need to convert the file format into something that Audacity, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker,PhotoStory or Pinnacle Studio can use.When you rip a song into iTunes, it does it in an mp4 format. Once you have found a file, you will need to convert it to either an mp3 or a wav file. I have found a converter which has worked well for me from Xilisoft, their WMA MP3 Converter. You can download a free trial, which will limit you to converting 5 files in one session, but that should not be a problem for this project. It is a nifty piece of software which is reasonably priced ($19 per copy). They also make other converters for video files as well.
Explain
Included in the assignment is a 1-2 page explanation of the film.Due Date
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